Shock absorber



March 22, 1927.

v H. B. GATES SHOCK ABSORBER Origial Filed Jem.v 25, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l j "1,621,532 .March 22, 1927. H. B. GATES* v SHOCK ABSORBER Oiginal Filed Jan. 23, 1925 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 'Ihn- EA I 7 l Sme/whoa Patented Mar. 224, 1927.

unirse sfr vHOWARD B. en'rns, .or PALATKA, FLORIDA,

SVI-roos Assossna.

Application filed 1a1i`uary23, 1925,1Seria1 No. 4311-95. Renewed 'January 7, i927.

My invention aims V-to` provideV s arrsi-mple and inexpensive, yet an efficient and very desirable Ashock absorber which may 'be Y front Vsprings of la conventional term of automobile. i

Figure is -a pla-n view of the parts shown f i-n Fig. 1

'Fg-ure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view ,as indica-ted by line 4of Fig.v 2.

Figures 4 and 5 are detail transverse sectional -views on lines 1f-@1i and 5-5 of Fig. 3. Figure 6 is a view 'similar to Fig. l, pa-rtly broken away and in section, ish-owing a slightly diiferent forni vof construction and a different manner of attachment.

Figures "7 'andv ,18 :are verticalY sectional views on -lines 7-7 and '8e-8 of lFig. 6.

Figure 9 is al fragmentary front eleva'- tion of a well known :type of automobile, showingwthe application of the invention thereto.

.In the form of construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, the numerals 1 designatev two.

of eyes 2.` The lengths 1 are adapted for disposition at opposite sides of a vehicley spring S and'they are integrally connected at one end by an arched member 3 which is adapted to straddle the spring, with its crown portionoverlying the latter. Prefer-V ably, a saddle plate 4 is interposed between the crown portion of the member 3 and the upper leaf of the spring, and to hold saidy plate against shifting longitudinally of the spring, it is provided with upward projections 5 at opposite sides of said crown portion, which projectionsmay well be formed Y by upwardly stamping portions of theplate. The ends of this plate are preferably bent downwardly as at 6 to straddle the spring.

The other ends of the reaches or lengths l, that is the ends remote from the arched member 3, are bent tol form hooks 7 which are engaged with hooks 8 on the ends of an arched saddle 9 which straddles the spring S near its central anchorage, the entire device, being disposed between this .anchoragev marsa-'2 .andeone endloi .the spring,-as shown;l

4the eyes 2 and adapted .to underlie the .spring S, this bolt being preferably .surrounded 'by a sleeve 1i. lNashers 12Y 4are clamped against .the4 end-is of .this sleeve by the Ihead and the nut ,of the fbolt i0, to prevent drit- A bolt 10 has been :shown passing through Y ward shifting of the eyes 2, as shown most :clearly in Fig.v 4; lThe sleeve .and Vbolt pass --through horiZontallyl alined .openings ,13 im the ends of an yarched clip 14 which lis adapted .to straddle the spring S.,the .crown portion Yof-:this clip .be-ing Yforniecl with an opening 15. iny which asetescrlew 116 is threaded, said set-screw'being adapted for engagement with the upper vleaf of the spring, :so

that the entire cliprnay be adjusted upwards' ly to move the ysleeve il into .contact Vwith the lowerside ofthe spr-ing.:

VBy the `simple and 'inexpensive' construe; Vtion'L shown and described, downwardilexing of the vehicle spring will notabe interfened with, but recoil will -be effectively absorbed, as the device prevents Ysepa'ration othe leaves .on the reboundaction, tires cans-ing V.them to jointly :act in'rabsorbing :the shook.

ln .the form vrof construction illustrated. :in

Figs. .6, 7 arid ;8, the parts `laf, 2a, ete. cor-` respond :to `athe parts 1,2Metcof the figures previously described Itl iste beA observed however that the clip 14 has been dispensed with, and it may here be stated that this clip may or may not be used in` connectionl with any kform of the invention, as occasion may demand. It is tobe Vfurtherobserved that in Figs. 16 and 7, the arched saddle 9EL extends over the chassis bar B, instead ofY merely extending over a portion vof theY spring S. IfV desired, this form of anchorage could of course be used in connection with the form of 'construction lirstv described.

In Fig. 9, the characters 1b, 2b, etc., correspond to the parts l, 2, etc. ofthe form of construction shown in Figs. 1`to 5, Ybut two of the devices are shown applied to opposite ends` of a Ford spring, and the lsaddles 9b extend over the spring anchoring bar vof the chassis frame;

In any of its forms, the inventiony is simple, inexpensive, and easily applied, yet it will be effective and in every way desirable,

As excellent results may be obtainedk from the structural details shown, theyinay well be followed, but within the scope of the in-A vention as claimed, modifications may of course be made.

I claim;

1. A shock absorber comprising two lengths of spring rod for disposition at opposite sides of a vehicle spring, saidlengths being coiled between their ends to form eyes, a transverse member adapted to underlie the spring, said member having its ends mounted in said eyes, transverse means connecting said lengths rat one end ot the latter and adapted to overlie the spring near an end of the same, and an arched saddle connected with the other ends or" said lengths for supporting the same.

2. A shock absorber comprising two lengths of spring rod for disposition at opposite sides of a vehicle spring, said lengths being coiled between their ends to form eyes, a transverse'member adapted to underlie the spring, said member having its ends mounted in said eyes, transverse means connecting said lengths at one end of the latter and adapted to overlie the spring near an end of the latter, the other ends of said lengths being bent to form hooks, and an arched' saddle having upwardly directed hooks at its ends for engagement with said iirst named hooks to anchor said other ends of said lengths of rod,

3. A shock absorber comprising two lengths of spring rod for disposition at opposite sides of a vehicle spring, said lengths being integrally connected at one end by an arched member adapted to straddle the spring near one end of the latter, a saddle plate adapted for disposition between the crown of said arched member and the spring, said saddle plate having upwardly extending projections to engage opposite sides of said crown and holdl the plate against shifting longitudinally of the spring, andl attaching means for the other ends of said lengths of rod.

4l. A shock absorber comprising an arched clip adapted to straddle a vehicle spring, the crown of said clip having a vertical opening and the ends of said clip being formed with horizontally alined "openings, a horizontal member passing through the last named openings and adapted to underlie the spring, a vset-screw threaded through the vertical openingto engage the upper lealc of the spring and elevate the clip-to move said member toward the lower side of the spring, a pair of elongated auxiliary springs for disposition at opposite sidesof the spring, said auxiliary springs having eyes between their ends through which said horizontal member passes, means for connecting one end of said auxiliary springs to the vehicle spring near one end of the latter, and attaching means for the other ends ot said auxiliary springs.

5. A shock absorber comprising an arched clip adapted to straddle a vehicle spring, the ends ot said clip being formed with horizontally alined openings, a horizontal member passingthrough said openings and adapted to underlie the spring, a pair of elongated auxiliary springs for disposition at opposite sides ot the spring, said auxiliary springs having eyes between their ends through which said horizontal member passes, means for connecting one end of said auxiliary springs to the vehicle spring near one end oi' the latter, and attaching means for the other ends of said auxiliary springs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

HOWARD n earns. 

